Machine for pulling beets.



W. L. HERINGTON. MACHINE FOR PULL-ING BEETS. v APPLICATION FILED FBB.17,1913. 1,098,350. Patented May 26, 1914.

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' W. L. HERINGTON. MACHINE FOR BULLING BEETS.

} APPLIOATIQN FILED 212.17, 1913. 1,098,350.

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WALTER LEE HERINGTON, OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

MACHINE Eon PULLING BEETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Application filedFebruary 17, 1913. Serial No. 749,023.

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in the drawings which accompany this specification Figure 1 shows perspective view of the machine complete. Fig. 2 shows the plow attached to the puller which is intended to loosen the soil on each side of the row of beets. Fig. 3 shows a front view of the portion of the plow illustrating-the fins attached thereto which run under the beet and cut off the tap rods. Fig. 4: shows the 'incchanism which moves the parallel belts which pull the beet. Fig. 5 shows a perspective view of the support which carries said parallel belts.

Fig. 6 is a side view of said support carrying the parallel belts. Fig. 7 is va bottom view of said; support shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 8 is a view of a section ofsaid parallel belts. I

In said drawings A is a platform mounted on a truck.

13 is the plow by which I loosen the soil on each side of the row of beets. Plow B is constructed of twin curved standards 3 attached at the upper end to the plow beam 24 which is attached to the front axle of the truck. Twin standards 3 are tied together and are adjustable so they can be separated sufficiently for one shovel to pass on each side of the row of beets. The shovels on said plow are constructed with the half on the inside ofthe shovel cut flush with the standard, the object being to avoid bruising the beets when the plow is per'- initted to run closely thereto. At the extrcme lower end of each of said'shovels I have constructed a fin 25, which extends inwardly, and downwardly, its purpose beingto run under the beet and cut off the tap and other roots which extend downward. At the top of standard 3 I have attached means for raising and lowering the plow when in use.

- vehicle carrying the puller.

twin parallel belt supports 0 which are shaped like a sled runner, having an upward pro ection at the rear and at right angles to the said supports. These supports are hinged at the rear end thereof to the frame of the platform. Said belt support is constructed of such length that when the front end thereof is dropped to the ground the plane of the-bottommf; such supports is at an angle "of approximately with theground. These supports Gare swung so when driving the puller over the ground one of said supports'runs on each side of the row of beets. In each of said supports I have a belt D which reaches from pulley 5 at one end thereof to pulley 6 at the other end. The faces of these belts are vertical and are on parallel planes with each other. I have preferred to construct such belts having a supporting chain 7 which is covered on one side by leather, rubber, or other pliable material as shown in Fig. 8. This covering is composed of short strips 30, fastened to each alternate link of the chain which strips slightly overlap. 'In my construction the chain runs next to-the pulley and sustains the strain of the work, and the covering prevents the belt from bruising the beets when itrubs up against them.

For the purpose of moving belts D I have fastened an ordinary gear wheel'9 (shown in Fig. 6) to either of the rear wheels of the Said wheel 9v carries motion when the puller is moved over the ground, by means of belt 10 which connects gear wheel 9 and pulley 11. Pulley 11 is attached to a shaft which rests in bear ings on the frame A. Pulley 13 is attached to the same shaft as pulley 11, and carries a belt 26 which transmits power to pulleylQ. Pulley 12 is attached to a shaft 14 which passes through hearings on the frame, and

also through a projection on supports 29.

and 29. Thus said shaft 14 acts as the hinge, for the twin supports C, and said 'twin supportsC can be raised or lowered at'the front end thereof without changing therelation of pulley 12 to the pulleys gears shown in Fig. 4;. On each side of two bevel cog wheels 15 which engage with bevel pinions 17, each of which is attached to shaft 19 which carries pulle It will .thus be seen that by the train 0 gears above setlforth said twin belts on the inside of saidsupports work upward simultaneously and 5. and the several policy 12 and attached to said shaft 14 are e 

